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Code · U.S. Code · Title 10 - ARMED FORCES · CHAPTER 169— MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING · SUBCHAPTER II— MILITARY FAMILY HOUSING · § 2826

§ 2826. Military family housing: local comparability of room patterns and floor areas

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(a)Local Comparability.— In the construction, acquisition, and improvement of military family housing, the Secretary concerned shall ensure that the room patterns and floor areas of military family housing in a particular locality (as designated by the Secretary concerned for purposes of this section) are similar to room patterns and floor areas of similar housing in the private sector in that locality.
(b)Requests for Authority for Military Family Housing.—
(1)In submitting to Congress a request for authority to carry out the construction, acquisition, or improvement of military family housing, the Secretary concerned shall include in the request information on the net floor area of each unit of military family housing to be constructed, acquired, or improved under the authority.
(2)In this subsection, the term “net floor area”, in the case of a military family housing unit, means the total number of square feet of the floor space inside the exterior walls of the unit, excluding the floor area of an unfinished basement, an unfinished attic, a utility space, a garage, a carport, an open or insect-screened porch, a stairwell, and any space used for a solar-energy system.
(Added Pub. L. 97–214, § 2(a), July 12, 1982, 96 Stat. 159; amended Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(3), Apr. 21, 1987, 101 Stat. 284; Pub. L. 102–190, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2808, Dec. 5, 1991, 105 Stat. 1540; Pub. L. 104–106, div. B, title XXVIII, §§ 2814, 2815, Feb. 10, 1996, 110 Stat. 553; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1074(a)(17), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2659; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803(a)(1)], Oct. 30, 2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–413.)
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  • Pub. L. 97–214, § 2(a)
  • 96 Stat. 159
  • Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(3)
  • 101 Stat. 284
  • Pub. L. 102–190, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2808
  • 105 Stat. 1540
  • Pub. L. 104–106, div. B, title XXVIII
  • 110 Stat. 553
  • Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title X, § 1074(a)(17)
  • 110 Stat. 2659
  • Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803(a)(1)]
  • 114 Stat. 1654
  • Pub. L. 106–398
  • Pub. L. 104–106, § 2814
  • Pub. L. 104–106, § 2815
  • Pub. L. 104–201
  • Pub. L. 102–190
  • Pub. L. 100–26
  • Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [div. B, title XXVIII, § 2803(b)]
  • section 12(a) of Pub. L. 97–214
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§ 2826
Military family housing: local comparability of room patterns and floor areas
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 97–214, § 2(a)
Stat.96 Stat. 159
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–26, § 7(k)(3)
Stat.101 Stat. 284
Pub. L.Pub. L. 102–190, div. B, title XXVIII, § 2808
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